XM/Sirius: Rush out on the Towns
Bobby Rush (D-IL) has hopes that the merger between satcasters XM and Sirius could be good for programming diversity, with terrestrial radio being hopelessly...
Saga spared worst of downturn
Saga Communications saw Q1 revenues decline 2% to $31.2 million on a same station basis, but that’s less painful for the small-market focused group...
Radio One reports losses while defending one’s gain
Urban specialists Radio One earned $72.5M in Q1 2008, a 2% drop from Q1 2007 levels, but said it outperformed its markets and actually...
Is Sweep move March Madness?
Am I the only one bothered by Nielsen's move of the February 2009 Sweep to March 2009?The announcement from Nielsen came as a surprise....
Randy Kabrich on PPM
If we are willing to give away an additional 2% of our revenue to Arbitron so they can make record profits and revenue, shouldn't Radio at least expect to have the problems solved before we pay for it?
Vic Miller leaving Bear Stearns
Victor Miller analysts at Bear Stearns and 21 years covering the broadcasting business is leaving Wall Street. Miller notified RBR-TVBR late last night with...
Cox is a victim of its environment
Bob Neil was not too upset about the performance of Cox Radio in the first quarter of 2008 – he said nobody likes looking...
Spot Runner gets new funding
Spot Runner announced Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGT) and Grupo Televisa, along with Legg Mason Capital Management and Groupe Arnault/LVMH, as well as...
ISOBAR buys “Age”
Isobar, the world’s largest digital network, has acquired “Age” in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Age is a communications agency that specializes in trade marketing, sports...
How big was that fish?
Steve Moore of Interep (center) has the photo to prove that he won the Offshore Fishing Challenge grand prize in last weekend’s Broadcasters Foundation...
April segues into May, campaign rolls on
It was another week feeding into another month, and another bought of campaign 2008 tunnel vision on cable TV, according to the Project for...
Mr. Murdoch to the stand, please
ABC News reports that Rupert Murdoch is resisting giving testimony in the civil lawsuit by EchoStar/Dish Network against a News Corporation subsidiary, NDS –...
Redstone sees improvement in the wild, wild East
20B gets away annually from the producers of various forms of intellectual property in the US, according to media mogul Sumner Redstone, particularly due...
Can watchdogs get behind XM/Sirius?
You bet, if somebody throws them a bone. A Free Press Media Geek article speculates on the possibility of “satellite LPFM.” Although professing opposition...
Disney plows through economic slowdown
The Media Networks segment of Disney, including ABC Television, ESPN, Disney Channel, Radio Disney and such, was the worst performer for fiscal Q2 (January-March),...